Training Log Archive: Big Jon

British Relays, M50 class. last leg and really struggled physically - nothing left in my legs after yesterday and then a bad nights sleep camping...
Bad error on 7, too low on spur - still can't quite work out what I did. Then just slow, desperately slow on all the hills.

Forced myself to warm-up, didn't feel good.

British Champs M55 Highdam. 1st (second TT +63 seconds).
Well I didn't expect that! At the start of the week I was wondering if I should bother travelling...
Anyway, aim was same as at BOC in Callaly - "Think strong" so I just tried to push where I could and not get too worried about walking up hills. Never felt I was running particularly fast (apart from down hill to second-last control). Best technical run in the Lakes ever for me, hesitant at number 2, bad line 10-11 (and then couldn't see the control from 2m away (tucked into a crack between 2 rocks!) and wobbly to 14. Probably 90-100 seconds in total.

Dead chuffed :-)

C • Congratulations 4

Long warm-up and some drills, strides, stretching.

Travel all day (well most of it!)

Hanging controls for schools festival.

Hanging and collecting controls for schools score event at Torphins. Lovely day and nice wood. Kids did well :-) and enjoyed themselves :-) :-)

Forest Sprint, Tilquhillie (new map). Decent if a bit simple course, mostly nice running. No misses but one radical route-choice to try to get past Evgueni, failed! Feeling quite smooth on flats and downs but slow on hills - had to walk plenty. Leg continues its slow improvement.

Bit of spotter round Dess Wood, down Deeside Way and up to top gate then back along main track. A few sprints on last uphills, feeling a bit more sprightly. Leg not too bad.

Hill of Banchory, hadn't planned run but got there early enough and nice morning so trot round usual route.

Good session - left back that seemed to be tweaking after a bad jolt on the bike yesterday was a little tight but no worse by end. Felt I loosened up a bit.